{"id":2225957,"date":"2024-04-20T12:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T16:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-floor-debates-state-of-the-foreign-aid-bills\/"},"modified":"2024-04-20T12:57:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T16:57:43","slug":"house-floor-debates-state-of-the-foreign-aid-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-floor-debates-state-of-the-foreign-aid-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion on the House floor regarding the status of foreign aid bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-floor-debates-state-of-the-foreign-aid-bills%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2225957&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House leaders are \u2063advancing a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-jewish-coalition-summit-takes-on-added-significance-amid-gaza-war\/\" title=\"Republican Jewish Coalition summit gains importance during Gaza conflict.\">foreign aid \u2063bill<\/a> despite previous setbacks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-legislature-tackles-key-election-integrity-measures-before-session-ends\/\" title=\"Georgia lawmakers address important election integrity measures before the end of the session\">receiving\u200b bipartisan support<\/a>. The proposed bills focus on aid to Ukraine, Israel,\u200b Taiwan, and Gaza,\u2062 with additional measures targeting TikTok&#8217;s market presence. After passing \u2063the chamber \u200bwith strong support, \u2064House Democrats are strategizing further moves in a noon caucus meeting. House leaders \u200care forging\u2064 ahead with a fresh foreign aid bill, backed by bipartisan\u2062 support, targeting aid to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and \u200cGaza. Measures to\u2063 address TikTok&#8217;s market presence are also in the spotlight.\u2063 Following a resounding chamber \u200capproval, House Democrats are gearing\u2063 up\u2064 for\u2064 strategic discussions in a noon caucus meeting.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>House leaders are taking another step toward signing off on billions in new foreign aid Saturday, with the chamber prepped to pass a group of bills weeks after House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Mike-Johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) blocked a similar package backed by the Senate and President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Joe-Biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Floor debate opened Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m., with large numbers of both Republican and Democrat lawmakers supporting the package. The bills easily passed the chamber Friday night in a rules vote 316-94. Johnson opted to split the package into four separate bills that focus individually on military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, as well as humanitarian aid for Gaza. Language that could potentially ban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/TikTok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>TikTok<\/a> from U.S. markets within a year was also included, in an effort to appease members of both parties.<\/p>\n<h2>Next moves in the House<\/h2>\n<p>House Democrats plan to hold a caucus meeting at noon, though House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) appeared \u201cconfident\u201d Saturday morning enough <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democrats<\/a> would vote to send the bills to the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am confident that all four are going to pass,\u201d she told reporters, \u201cI am so proud of this Democratic Caucus that has brought us to this moment, where we are going to stand with our allies, we are going to stand with Ukraine, as they face extremism and fascism at their borders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A vote should come shortly after the meeting.<\/p>\n<h2>Where the motion to vacate Johnson stands <\/h2>\n<p>Still, the House Speaker put himself on the hot seat with hardline members of the GOP, as two Republican congressmen this week signed onto the motion to vacate, brought against Johnson by Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Marjorie-Taylor-Greene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-GA) after Johnson worked with Democrats to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-will-democrats-utilize-mechanism-to-go-around-mccarthy-and-prevent-a-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"Will Democrats bypass McCarthy to avoid government shutdown?\">pass government funding legislation<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a monumental achievement,\u201d Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX), the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said of Johnson\u2019s finessing of the foreign aid package through the house. \u201cWith a lot of this behind us, you know, we can move forward with some more normalcy, I hope. Unless we have a motion to vacate, which is foreseeable.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>The Senate is ready<\/h2>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Chuck-Schumer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) said he expects the Senate will take up the package Tuesday, assuming it passes the House on Saturday, and Biden said earlier in the week that he would sign the package into law after it moves through Congress.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The House is scheduled for final votes on the legislation Saturday at 1:00 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House leaders are set to approve billions in new foreign aid this Saturday. After blocking a Senate-backed package previously, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is now moving forward. Floor debate began at 9:00 a.m., signaling progress on vital bills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2225958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24110587619291-1024x729.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2225957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24110587619291-1024x729.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2225957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2225958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2225957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2225957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2225957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}